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Fountainhead Vocab- 10/14
Vocab for Scap's Honors English 11 quiz on October 14
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English
11th Grade
10/13/2008

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vacillation
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a state of indecision or irresolution
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socialization
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a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior and social skills appropriate to his or her social position- making someone behave in a way that is acceptable in their society
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epistemology
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a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge
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ostracism
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exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, priviliges, friendship, etc
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empiricist
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empirical method or practice- theory that all knowledge is derived from a sense experience
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pragmatist
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a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person
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conjecture
Definition
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof
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integral
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of, pertaining to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts
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cognitive
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of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, udgement, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes
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enigma
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a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
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approbation
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approval
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agnostic
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a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience
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antithetical
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directly opposed or contrasted; OPPOSITE
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metaphysics
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the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology
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